Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

thrown out Of employment, Tuesday.
A. A. Carlton, of Philadelphia, mem
Der Of the general executive board Of
Knights of Labor, Tuesoay lifted the
boycott placed on the Empire Mower
and Reaper works, at Akron, Ohio,
about eight months ago.
Fire at Hanover, N. H., Tuesday de-
strOyed the Dartmouth, hotel and other
buildings valued at $125,000.
a. A. Ames, democratic candidate
for governor Of Minnesota, took the
oath of office Tuesday morning, it be-
ing his determination 10 contest the
seat OF GOvernor-elec ct McGill, who took
tho cath of office ia the at crn0on.
By an explosion in u coal pit at
Mars, Belgium, Tuesday, thirty men
were imprisoned, six of whom have
been taken out dead.
Judges Jones and Hamilton at Clevc-
land o., decided that the second mort
gage bonds of the Nickel Pate railroad
were a prior claim to the frs: mortgage
bonds the holders of which are general
creditors. The judgement is a Wander
bit victory.
Charles n. Wheeler, of Willimantic,
Conn, was arrested ia New Haven, Mon
day On rlqui, ition of Gov. Oglesby,
charged with stealing $500. He is also
charged with establishing and wrecking
a bank near CniCagO ana defrauding de.
posItors OF about $4,000.
w. H. Wilson, of Cynthlaua, KY,
Wednesday purchased the half interest
in the trottlng stallion, Sultan, 1924, of
his partner. p. S. Talbot, of Lexington,
for $4,000.
Charles Hamilton, a wealthy farmer
living near Lynn Station, Ind, went to
COnnorsville last Tuesday, drew large
sum OF money from the bank, and has
not since been seen.
The town of Upper Marlborough, the
county scat of Prince Georges county,
Nd, was about halt burned down Thurs
day morning. The loss Will not exceed
81, 900.
II IS known that for several weeks,
John Roach, the great ship-ouilder, has
been confined to his house in gradually
failing health. According to bis own
desire that his friends 81 Ould not be
needlessly alarmed, and apprehensive of
! he effect upon h m of learning the real
nature of the disease from which be is
suffering, bis family physicians have been
very retlcent In regard to his condition.
Mr.. Roach, however, now realizes fully
The impO>ibility Of recovery, and the
r. asOns for c0ncealment no longer exist.
In view OF this fact a representative Of
Mr.. R)ach's family tonight made the
following authoritative statement Of his
condition: Mr. Roach is beyond the
r, ach of al medical help, save in the al
deviation Of his sufferings, which have
long been incessan and intense. His
disease is epithell0ma, and its develop
ment has been very similar to the case
of G neral Grant, the location, however,
being the roof of the mouth instead of
The throat. All efforts to arrest its
progress have tailed and only his strong
constitution has sustained HIM thus far.
He has never seen a well day since the
entire nervous prostratiOn conseq uent
upon his assignment eighteen months
ago. From that crushing blow he
could not rally and the cancer began to
develop last January. Ia March an op
Grafton was performed in the hope thst
the disease might be eradicated. In the
summer the disease returned, and it be-
came evident that there was no hopes.
Mr.. Roach is now failing rapidly and
his agony is only relieved by aaodynes.
It is stated that Oscar Cook has made
q confession, in which he stated FOther
ingham, the express messenger, who is
now in jail charged with completely
in robbery, knew all about the plan To
rob his car, and was willing victim TO
the attack of the 1obber. He was prom
ised $4,000 of the amount stolen as
his share of the Doodle, and that sum
was part of the money which Wlttrock
sent his mother for safe keeping.
The notorious co.ored minister, r. 7
Hufmnn, who almost created a riot
Tuesday night a Nashville, Tenn, has
skipped for parts unknown; but as he
has had a call from a church in Denver
it is believed he has gone to That city.
The offices of the French delegation
at Toxic, japan, with the archives
were burned Tues day.
At North Platte, Neb., Wednesday,
Judge II amer overruled the motion for
new trial in the case of JEFF Long,
who was convicted of the murder of
the Bascomb family, and sentenced Long
to be hung on May 20. Longs after
ngys will carry the case to the supreme
court.
The buildings erected last year in
Chicago would make a straight line for
ten lIes, and their cost was $50 100000.
One fourth as much more was txptn led
tk,o l,Y,, re on three sides